An Amber Alert has been canceled for two children in Stanislaus County, after they were found safe.The County Sheriff's Department said the kids are OK, and their father, Phillip Tumilty, is in police custody. He doesn't have custodial custody of the children."They were located in Atwater and the kids are safe," said Deputy Raj Singh.Police issued the alert Friday morning after learning Tumilty abducted the children, officers said.The Sheriff's Department said Tumilty, 47, got into an argument with his ex-wife at a home in Empire.After the argument, Tumilty said he was going to take their two children -- Phillip Tumilty Jr., 9, and Tiffany Tumilty, 6, to school. It was later learned the children were never taken to school, according to deputies."A CHP officer is on his way to pick up the children at a CHP (office) in Merced," Singh said.KCRA 3's Melinda Meza told the children's aunt that they were found safe."I am relieved. We were worried that the father was going to take them to Oklahoma because he has a sister who lives there," said the children's aunt.Sign up for KCRA 3 breaking news alert.

STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. —

An Amber Alert has been canceled for two children in Stanislaus County, after they were found safe.

The County Sheriff's Department said the kids are OK, and their father, Phillip Tumilty, is in police custody. He doesn't have custodial custody of the children.

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"They were located in Atwater and the kids are safe," said Deputy Raj Singh.